Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming a gate electrode that avoids dielectric layer undercut during a silicide precleaning step. SOLUTION: A patterned gate stack includes a gate dielectric below a conductor having vertical sidewalls, and a dielectric layer is formed over the patterned gate stack and substrate surfaces. Nitride spacers are formed overlying the dielectric layer at each vertical sidewall. The dielectric layer on the substrate surface is removed using an etch process such that a portion of the dielectric layer underlying each spacer remains. Then, a nitride layer is deposited over the entire sample and subsequently removed by an etch process such that only a portion of the nitride film ("plug") remains. The plug seals and encapsulates the dielectric layer underlying the each spacer, thus preventing the dielectric material from being undercut during the subsequent silicide precleaning process. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming a polycrystalline silicon having hyperfine particle sizes. SOLUTION: The method of forming a polycrystalline silicon having hyperfine particle sizes employs a differential heating of upper and lower surfaces of a substrate of a CVD apparatus, in which the lower surface of the substrate receives considerably more power than the upper surface, preferably more than 75% of the entire power; and in which the substrate is maintained during deposition at a temperature higher than 50°C above 550°C of crystallization temperature of silicon. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
A compound metal comprising TiC which is a p-type metal having a workfunction of about 4.75 to about 5.3, preferably about 5, eV that is thermally stable on a gate stack comprising a high k dielectric and an interfacial layer is provided as well as a method of fabricating the TiC compound metal. Furthermore, the TiC metal compound of the present invention is a very efficient oxygen diffusion barrier at 1000°C allowing very aggressive equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) and inversion layer thickness scaling below 14 Å in a p-metal oxide semiconductor (pMOS) device.
Abstract:
A compound metal comprising TiC which is a p-type metal having a workfunction of about 4.75 to about 5.3, preferably about 5, eV that is thermally stable on a gate stack comprising a high k dielectric and an interfacial layer is provided as well as a method of fabricating the TiC compound metal. Furthermore, the TiC metal compound of the present invention is a very efficient oxygen diffusion barrier at 1000° C. allowing very aggressive equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) and inversion layer thickness scaling below 14 Å in a p-metal oxide semiconductor (pMOS) device.